[rescue] Using an Adaptec 29160N SCSI card in an Ultra10

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:54:07AM -0500, Ido Dubrawsky wrote:
> I was wondering is whether we could put this controller into the Ultra 10 and
> utilize it (rather than having to buy Sun's SCSI controller at an outrageous
> price).  Anyone know if this is possible?  I have to think that even if the
> OBP doesn't recognize it with probe-scsi-all, the OS could recognize it so
> long as the proper drivers were loaded...am I smoking crack with this idea?

Yep.  The adaptec cards SUCK SHIT when used in a Solaris/SPARC system, and
then only the ones with the OpenFirmware BIOS work.  Adaptec has discontinued
the Solaris/SPARC support.

You need a cheap (under $100; usually $50) Symbios 8751SP card.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX